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Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 166, NO. 1 | Tuesday January 13, 2009
InDEX
2 · News Digest
4 · Opinion
7 · Lifestyle
16 · Classifieds
18 · Crossword
20 · Sports
Student newSpaper of the univerSity of Southern California SinCe 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | vol. 165, no. 42 | tHursday octoBer 23, 2008
Adult ambitions: Eric
Brach reports on students’ New
Year’s resolutions. PAGE 4
Rosy: The Trojans win their third
consecutive Granddaddy of Them
All and look to the future. PAGE 20
By CALIE SCHWEITZER
Daily Trojan
As of next Tuesday, the metered
parking spaces along Jefferson
Boulevard will cost $1 per hour,
four times what they used to.
Additionally, new multi-space
“Park & Pay” stations will monitor
multiple spaces in public parking
lots as well as on the streets, replac-ing
single meter spaces. The new
system will also enable people to
pay with coins, a credit card or even
by cell phone. This new technology
comes with the city’s parking rate
increase, which has been adopted
gradually throughout Downtown
since September.
A total of 25 pay stations along
Jefferson Boulevard and Figueroa
Street will be activated Jan. 20 and
Jan. 22.
Traffic officers will be stationed
along the streets to assist the pub-lic
in the first two days of operation,
said Bruce Gillman, Los Angeles
Department of Transportation
spokesman.
The change is part of LADOT’s
efforts to adjust parking meter
rates citywide, after a city council
vote approved the rate increase in
July.
“In October and November,
LADOT installed 150 pay stations
in Downtown replacing close to
800 parking meters,” said LADOT
transportation engineering associ-ate
Richard Chu. “For the current
pilot program for the pay stations,
we only have the street adjacent to
USC left to activate.”
In September, when the city be-gan
adjusting meter rates, Gillman
told the Daily Trojan that the new
stations will allow LADOT to fix
broken meters, become competi-tive
with Los Angeles parking lots
that charge high rates and get up to
speed with current technology.
The “Park & Pay” stations en-able
users to pre-register their
credit card online or by phone with
“mPark,” a mobile parking payment
service. People can then check the
balance of their parking spot via
cell phone and add more time in-stead
of having to go back to the
parking space.
Subscribers to “mPark” can also
opt to receive automatic text mes-sage
notifications prior to the ex-piration
of their metered spot and
Jefferson parking meter prices increase
Twenty-five “Park & Pay”
stations to be added along
Jefferson and Figueroa.
| see Parking, page 12 |
By Ana Cosma
Daily Trojan
USC’s School of Policy, Planning,
and Development has become the
only program in California that rec-ognizes
former Peace Corps volun-teers
as eligible for financial aid in
the discipline through the Fellows/
USA program.
The agreement, which was fi-nalized
in November, provides
a $10,000 scholarship to mas-ter’s
students in the Public Policy,
Public Administration, Health
Administration, Planning or Real
Estate Development programs.
Kate Kuykendall, USC alumna
and Public Affairs Specialist for the
Los Angeles Regional Peace Corps
Office, said that she approached
USC on behalf of the Peace Corps
because she felt SPPD’s programs
complement the Peace Corps’ mis-sion.
Along with the shared values of
service and education, the partner-ship
with the Peace Corps repre-sents
a rise in the school’s reputa-tion
and resources.
“The program has the potential
of really increasing the global na-ture
of USC and SPPD,” said Carol
Rush, associate dean of the SPPD.
“It will add value to the classroom
experience and future professional
experience of our students.”
Out of the 49 universities that of-fer
the Fellows/USA program, USC
is the third school in California to
join the program, following Loma
Linda University and Humboldt
State University, and the only school
in California to offer Fellows/
USA degrees in the fields of Policy,
Planning, and Development.
Rush said that the program em-phasizes
the school’s goal of ap-proaching
studies from a global
problem-solving perspective.
“Peace Corps volunteers have
had experience doing ground level
School of Policy, Planning, and Development deal with the Peace
Corps will provide a $10,000 scholarship to master’s students.
| see SPPD, page 12 |
Program to offer scholarships to former Peace Corps volunteers
Alexandra Tapley | Daily Trojan
Winning Shots · A student admires photographers’ work on display in the Annenberg East Lobby as part of the World Press
Photo 2008 Exhibit, which features award-winning photographs from around the world. The exhibit, which opened Monday,
can be viewed from Jan. 12 to Feb. 5. This is the fifth time the exhibit has been hosted by Annenberg.
By alexandra tilsley
Daily Trojan
The Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house was broken
into Dec. 24 while it was empty over the winter recess,
and when some members returned to the house three
days later they found many valuable items missing.
The Department of Public Safety was notified by SAE
members three days after the crime and reported that the
burglary occurred around 9 p.m.
LAPD said they are still investigating the crime, with
no suspects in custody.
DPS Captain David Carlisle said that DPS officers at
the scene discovered a rear door partially ajar, but that in-dividual
rooms were broken into forcefully.
“Someone had gotten inside — we didn’t find forced
entry [into the house], but perhaps an unlocked door —
and then forced their way into the rooms and burglarized
those rooms,” said Carlisle.
LAPD Detective Ignacio Mendez, who is in charge of
the case, said that there were no similar incidents in the
area and confirmed there were no signs of forced entry.
Carlisle also said that a security camera located at the
house caught footage of suspect activity, but is unhelpful
in identifying suspects because of its quality.
“The video is too grainy to identify faces,” Carlisle
said.
Nate Carroll, the vice president of SAE, gave the secu-rity
footage to DPS, and a DPS officer drove him to LAPD,
SAE stunned
after winter
break robbery
Fraternity members estimate that suspects stole
$25,000 worth of property from their house.
| see Robbery, page 3 |
Dieuwertje Kast | Daily Trojan
Parking · New meters and higher parking rates along Jefferson
Boulevard and Figueroa Street will go into effect on Jan. 20 and 22.

Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 166, NO. 1 | Tuesday January 13, 2009
InDEX
2 · News Digest
4 · Opinion
7 · Lifestyle
16 · Classifieds
18 · Crossword
20 · Sports
Student newSpaper of the univerSity of Southern California SinCe 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | vol. 165, no. 42 | tHursday octoBer 23, 2008
Adult ambitions: Eric
Brach reports on students’ New
Year’s resolutions. PAGE 4
Rosy: The Trojans win their third
consecutive Granddaddy of Them
All and look to the future. PAGE 20
By CALIE SCHWEITZER
Daily Trojan
As of next Tuesday, the metered
parking spaces along Jefferson
Boulevard will cost $1 per hour,
four times what they used to.
Additionally, new multi-space
“Park & Pay” stations will monitor
multiple spaces in public parking
lots as well as on the streets, replac-ing
single meter spaces. The new
system will also enable people to
pay with coins, a credit card or even
by cell phone. This new technology
comes with the city’s parking rate
increase, which has been adopted
gradually throughout Downtown
since September.
A total of 25 pay stations along
Jefferson Boulevard and Figueroa
Street will be activated Jan. 20 and
Jan. 22.
Traffic officers will be stationed
along the streets to assist the pub-lic
in the first two days of operation,
said Bruce Gillman, Los Angeles
Department of Transportation
spokesman.
The change is part of LADOT’s
efforts to adjust parking meter
rates citywide, after a city council
vote approved the rate increase in
July.
“In October and November,
LADOT installed 150 pay stations
in Downtown replacing close to
800 parking meters,” said LADOT
transportation engineering associ-ate
Richard Chu. “For the current
pilot program for the pay stations,
we only have the street adjacent to
USC left to activate.”
In September, when the city be-gan
adjusting meter rates, Gillman
told the Daily Trojan that the new
stations will allow LADOT to fix
broken meters, become competi-tive
with Los Angeles parking lots
that charge high rates and get up to
speed with current technology.
The “Park & Pay” stations en-able
users to pre-register their
credit card online or by phone with
“mPark,” a mobile parking payment
service. People can then check the
balance of their parking spot via
cell phone and add more time in-stead
of having to go back to the
parking space.
Subscribers to “mPark” can also
opt to receive automatic text mes-sage
notifications prior to the ex-piration
of their metered spot and
Jefferson parking meter prices increase
Twenty-five “Park & Pay”
stations to be added along
Jefferson and Figueroa.
| see Parking, page 12 |
By Ana Cosma
Daily Trojan
USC’s School of Policy, Planning,
and Development has become the
only program in California that rec-ognizes
former Peace Corps volun-teers
as eligible for financial aid in
the discipline through the Fellows/
USA program.
The agreement, which was fi-nalized
in November, provides
a $10,000 scholarship to mas-ter’s
students in the Public Policy,
Public Administration, Health
Administration, Planning or Real
Estate Development programs.
Kate Kuykendall, USC alumna
and Public Affairs Specialist for the
Los Angeles Regional Peace Corps
Office, said that she approached
USC on behalf of the Peace Corps
because she felt SPPD’s programs
complement the Peace Corps’ mis-sion.
Along with the shared values of
service and education, the partner-ship
with the Peace Corps repre-sents
a rise in the school’s reputa-tion
and resources.
“The program has the potential
of really increasing the global na-ture
of USC and SPPD,” said Carol
Rush, associate dean of the SPPD.
“It will add value to the classroom
experience and future professional
experience of our students.”
Out of the 49 universities that of-fer
the Fellows/USA program, USC
is the third school in California to
join the program, following Loma
Linda University and Humboldt
State University, and the only school
in California to offer Fellows/
USA degrees in the fields of Policy,
Planning, and Development.
Rush said that the program em-phasizes
the school’s goal of ap-proaching
studies from a global
problem-solving perspective.
“Peace Corps volunteers have
had experience doing ground level
School of Policy, Planning, and Development deal with the Peace
Corps will provide a $10,000 scholarship to master’s students.
| see SPPD, page 12 |
Program to offer scholarships to former Peace Corps volunteers
Alexandra Tapley | Daily Trojan
Winning Shots · A student admires photographers’ work on display in the Annenberg East Lobby as part of the World Press
Photo 2008 Exhibit, which features award-winning photographs from around the world. The exhibit, which opened Monday,
can be viewed from Jan. 12 to Feb. 5. This is the fifth time the exhibit has been hosted by Annenberg.
By alexandra tilsley
Daily Trojan
The Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house was broken
into Dec. 24 while it was empty over the winter recess,
and when some members returned to the house three
days later they found many valuable items missing.
The Department of Public Safety was notified by SAE
members three days after the crime and reported that the
burglary occurred around 9 p.m.
LAPD said they are still investigating the crime, with
no suspects in custody.
DPS Captain David Carlisle said that DPS officers at
the scene discovered a rear door partially ajar, but that in-dividual
rooms were broken into forcefully.
“Someone had gotten inside — we didn’t find forced
entry [into the house], but perhaps an unlocked door —
and then forced their way into the rooms and burglarized
those rooms,” said Carlisle.
LAPD Detective Ignacio Mendez, who is in charge of
the case, said that there were no similar incidents in the
area and confirmed there were no signs of forced entry.
Carlisle also said that a security camera located at the
house caught footage of suspect activity, but is unhelpful
in identifying suspects because of its quality.
“The video is too grainy to identify faces,” Carlisle
said.
Nate Carroll, the vice president of SAE, gave the secu-rity
footage to DPS, and a DPS officer drove him to LAPD,
SAE stunned
after winter
break robbery
Fraternity members estimate that suspects stole
$25,000 worth of property from their house.
| see Robbery, page 3 |
Dieuwertje Kast | Daily Trojan
Parking · New meters and higher parking rates along Jefferson
Boulevard and Figueroa Street will go into effect on Jan. 20 and 22.